How Centrepoint helped a homeless teenager become a world champion power lifter – video

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A champion power lifter talks to the Guardian about how she became one of the 'hidden homeless'. After being kicked out of her parents home, she spent months drifting from place to place before sinking deeply into depression and self-harm. She was finally referred to a
Centrepoint hostel and a dedicated caseworker – which helped her to not only recover, but to also find her calling